CHARGE - verb

1money

a) [intransitive and transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are selling:

The hotel charges $125 a night.

charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something)

The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.

charge something at something

Calls will be charged at 44p per minute.

charge for

We won't charge for delivery if you pay now.

charge rent/a fee/interest etc

The gallery charges an entrance fee.

b) 

charge something to somebody's account/room etc

to record the cost of something on someone's account, so that they can pay for it later:

Wilson charged the drinks to his room.

Use a courier and charge it to the department.

c) [transitive] American English to pay for something with a credit card

charge something on something

I charged the shoes on Visa.

'How would you like to pay?' 'I'll charge it.'

 2 crime

 [transitive] to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime

charge somebody with something

Gibbons has been charged with murder.

3 blame somebody

 [transitive] formal to say publicly that you think someone has done something wrong

charge that

Demonstrators have charged that the police used excessive force against them.

4 run

 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to deliberately run or walk somewhere quickly

charge around/through/out etc

The boys charged noisily into the water.

5 attack

 [intransitive and transitive] to deliberately rush quickly towards someone or something in order to attack them:

Then, with a final effort, our men charged the enemy for the last time.

charge at/towards/into

The bear charged towards her at full speed.

6 electricity

 [intransitive and transitive] also charge up if a batterycharges, or if you charge it, it takes in and stores electricity:

The shaver can be charged up.

7 order somebody

 [transitive] formal to order someone to do something or make them responsible for it

charge somebody with doing something

The commission is charged with investigating war crimes.

8 gun

 [transitive] old use to load a gun

9 glass

 [transitive] British English formal to fill a glass ➔ charged